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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 10:48 AM
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should i get a jwt popcharger?

should i get a jwt popcharger?

whatre the cons? didnt i read on here that stock intake is actually good?
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 10:59 AM
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why not?

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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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It lags, especially in an auto. Sweet another AZ max!
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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so i should just stick with stock then? or get something else?

zander, been to www.aznissans.com?

check out http://www.frappr.com/aznissans too
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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u should buy a belt or exhuast driven intake
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:14 AM
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yeah. Stock is good, if you want sound cut a little hole in the air box and run a dry vac hose, little noise increase, no difference in acceleration though, but it sounds sweet lol
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by zander
yeah. Stock is good, if you want sound cut a little hole in the air box and run a dry vac hose, little noise increase, no difference in acceleration though, but it sounds sweet lol
I beg to differ.
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:21 AM
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well i didn't notice any
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by sook
should i get a jwt popcharger?

whatre the cons? didnt i read on here that stock intake is actually good?
I am going to repeat myself from another post:

I am sooo tired of this intake question, my take on it is this. I do occasional track days and auto-x, when I try to hook up, the car has enough low end to spin the tires without doing anything with the clutch. An off and back on the gas turn while in 2nd can always break the tires loose. If I had R-compounds MAYBE it would be different, but who cares about losing low end you can't use anyway? I hear this all the time, the intake helps at the higher highway speeds, maybe because you can use the gains at those speeds. It also really won't matter what the hell a dyno says because I know you can't use some of that power at the lower speeds anyway. Same thing with most cars, corvettes, m3's, STI's, whatever, all of them have more power than most of the tires on the market can handle. All of these cars however have an advantage, because of the weight distribution of rwd, the max is fwd, and to be honest is still pretty quick even by todays standards.
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 97SEdriver
I am going to repeat myself from another post:

I am sooo tired of this intake question, my take on it is this. I do occasional track days and auto-x, when I try to hook up, the car has enough low end to spin the tires without doing anything with the clutch. An off and back on the gas turn while in 2nd can always break the tires loose. If I had R-compounds MAYBE it would be different, but who cares about losing low end you can't use anyway? I hear this all the time, the intake helps at the higher highway speeds, maybe because you can use the gains at those speeds. It also really won't matter what the hell a dyno says because I know you can't use some of that power at the lower speeds anyway. Same thing with most cars, corvettes, m3's, STI's, whatever, all of them have more power than most of the tires on the market can handle. All of these cars however have an advantage, because of the weight distribution of rwd, the max is fwd, and to be honest is still pretty quick even by todays standards.
So are you trying to say? And STI's are AWD btw.
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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So are you trying to say? And STI's are AWD btw.
But they do have a rear-biased 45/55 power split, so while still AWD they do have more power at the rear.
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But they do have a rear-biased 45/55 power split, so while still AWD they do have more power at the rear.
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 12:57 PM
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So are you trying to say? And STI's are AWD btw.
I'm trying to say whatever you think you lose in low end it doesn't matter. Whatever gains you get in the higher speeds you can potentially use.

I did mention I auto-x, I know that STI's are awd, but they still benefit from weight transfer to the rear wheels. They also benefit in slaloms from having the front wheels under power.
If you have your car on a road course (which is the only place it can really compete) having a pop charger or CAI means you will actually get the benefit. If you're just cruising around, it doesn't matter what you have.

Unless you're planning running drag slicks and dyno your car with and without your pop charger you won't ever really know what difference it makes in the low end. If you're on street tires I doubt you will ever see a difference.
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